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GIVEN the crowds these past few days along Main Street in this throwback to a genteel 19th-century village, crowds adorned in baseball caps and jerseys and carrying balls and bats to be autographed, crowds eager to be a part of this Hall of Fame...

In the induction ceremony today for Ozzie Smith, the newest member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, a record 46 Hall of Fame members showed up, including Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver, Yogi Berra and Dave Winfield. Bud Selig, the...

July 29, 2002, Monday

It wasn't so much that Ozzie Smith, the shortstop nonpareil, made spectacular plays on sure base hits, it was more that he ambushed the ball. There was the smash under the third baseman's glove that seemed headed to left field, when Smith popped...

July 27, 2002, Saturday

If you saw the gorgeous back flips, the incredible diving plays and the creative one-bounce throws off the AstroTurf, you should know that you saw the best fielding shortstop in the history of baseball. If you saw Ozzie Smith do any of these...

January 10, 2002, Thursday

Ozzie Smith was so extraordinary that extraordinary, for him, became routine. Whether he was dashing into the hole, leaping to make a throw, diving for a grounder or charging a slow roller, Smith deftly did what other shortstops fantasized about...

January 9, 2002, Wednesday

Ozzie Smith spent several hours yesterday moving from a house in the St. Louis area to another one 20 miles away -- and several minutes biting his cuticles. Thinking about his chances of being elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame today, he was a...

January 15, 1997, Wednesday

It was not the exit Ozzie Smith envisioned. In the final appearance of a 19-year career, the St. Louis Cardinals' 41-year-old shortstop drew a standing ovation from Atlanta fans, then fouled out in the Braves' pennant-clinching 15-0 victory on...